The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-01
Well-furnished stores


in large and spacious buildings on wide
streets occupy the place Of the old-time
wooden shanties ringing narrow lanes,
streets and alIeyways The great fire Of
April, 1886, has therefore proved to be I
eminentlv advantageous TO Honolulu, !
identifying its appearance, adding to its !
fixed wealth and importance, and thor !
oughly destroying the germs Of disease
and pestilence hidden out OF sight in the |
old squalid Chinese quarter. The
builders contracts for new buildings with
in the lines Of the April fire, finished or
now in course of construction, will
amount to about 5000, 900. All the
building material, except lime, has been
imported from the Pacific Coast. The
Bethel Union Church, one OF the Oldest
structures in Honolulu, was burned by
this fire; and the Sailors Home on
Merchant street, being badly wrecked
/ on that occasion, has since been removed.
/ Thus two conspicuous landmarks OF old
/ Honolulu have been destroyed.
! While touching upon the improve
ments incident to the great fire, it
should be stated that the Bethel Union
Church Trustees have secured a central
site ON Beretania and Richard streets,
and begin building early this year.
They have the necessary funds on hand.
st. Andrews Memorial Cathe.5ti@d was
formally oPen'erd'. - public worship on
:. CHRISTMAS Day, by the Right Rev Dr.
Willis, Bishop of Honolulu. Divine ser
vice was celebrated on that festival fOl
the first time in the chancel of the new
: Cathedral, which was fitted up fol
the purpose, and forms a neat and com
= modious church. KaumakapiH Hawa
ian Church is likewise rapidly ap
preaching completion and is out of debt
A new carriage drive was made aroun(
the base OF Punch Bowl, which ha
:, greatly improved that part of the cit.
and added to the value of property. Th
e available water supply for Honolulu wa
:. doubled during the past year by an out
= lay OF about $l5 900. The present ca
= pacity of the water mains is 100000
- gallons in twenty-four hours.
= Among the minor events of the yea
were the establishment of Post Ofic
- Savings Bank, which has met with grea
y success. The Government pays pc
- cent interest, and the money at depos
is exempt from taxation. An annus
i report is required The deposits al
- paid into the National Treasury an
- will be accounted for These deposits COZ
90 stitute steadily increasing floating DEB
for which the revenue is responsible
"a The weak point in the system appear
90 to be that the deposits may be used witt
III out specific appropriation, and that qua
-, terly statements of account are not puI
y, lished for the information of depositor
:, There were few disasters during tt
year 1886, and no deaths of eminent pc
=, sons to record The Government co
- cluded a Convention with the Emp
-. of Japan early in the year, whi(
~ brings Hawaii into closer relations wi
- the Mikado's Government. 1t hkewi
regulates immigration, and will be four
- of very great advantage in this respet
% The Western Powers having at lengt
- recognized the right of Japan to regula
=: its own tariff, it is understood that a
-, thoritv has been given to the Hawail'
- Minister Resident at Toxic, Mr.. K.
- Irwin, to conclude treaty OF CONNER
;ti7 with Japan, reservation being MAJ
= that il should not in terms interfe
,o0 with our American treaty relations.
- Japanese training ship visited HonoIu
-, during the year, as did also H. B. NJ
"a ironclad Triumph, carrying the flag
Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour
70 also. H. B. rs ships Satellite and Her
no inc. The officers and men of the tV
90 last named ships rendered invaluab
-, service in saving property and success
bo fully fighting the great fire OF April las
no Several distinguished personages touch
- at Honolulu and made the ps9al Volcal
,ar tour during the past year The Russian Ii
90 perial steam transport Moskwa, havi
80 Admiral Shesta1off, Minister of Marine
a. and distinguished party on board, pa
,,,r a fving visit to Honolulu, and I
IA Chilean corvette Pilcomayo is now
the port.
Inc ARRIVAL OI u DRJdJ Will WI -
the man, Chief Officer of the British sh
asis Dunnottar Castle, and six men, at W
but mea, Kauai, September 18th, made t
,ost fact known that that vessel had bt
cen wrecked on Ocean, or Cure Island,
,ose outlying islet of the Hawaiian group,
,me July 18th, and that Captain Martin 8
ans twenty-five men were on the Island ;
nv would wait there two months for rel
the The boat made voyage OF 300 m
ems in ffty-two days, and the men were
,ow- fairly good health despite their pri
,ers tons. They arrived at Honolulu S
an tember 13, 1886, and the day follow
ng IN the sfeames,W aialeale, Captain +
oper- was dispatched'Rder charter by Nj
of a J. Hay Wodehouse, Fl. BINS Conn
mited sioner and Consul General, ineharg
make Mr.. w. H. Baird, representing his
d the eminent The Hawaiian GOVERN
people was allowed to participate in the